Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner, has once again been rattling her sabre, this time by equating Falkland Islanders with squatters.

In the wake of a referendum in which all but three of the islanders voted to remain British, she said the vote was as if "a bunch of squatters were to vote on whether or not to keep occupying a building illegally."

Speaking on Tuesday, Kirchner mocked the popular vote, insisting the result changed nothing from a legal perspective.

Of the Falkland Island's approximate 1,650 eligible voters, 92% turned out to vote of which 99.8% voted to remain British.